NGC 6094
Galaxy NGC 6094 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Little Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 16 h 06 m 33.9 s |
declination | + 72 ° 29 ′ 40 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
Position angle | 120 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.025358 ± 0.000177 |
Radial velocity | (7602 ± 53) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(348 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.6 ± 7.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | March 16, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6094 • UGC 10228 • PGC 57167 • CGCG 338-045 • MCG + 12-15-52 • GC 4174 • H III 314 • |
NGC 6094 is a 13.8 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Little Bear . It was discovered on March 16, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, vS, lE, easily resolved".
Web links
- NGC 6094. SIMBAD, accessed June 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6094. DSO Browser, accessed June 2, 2016 .
- Courtney Seligman: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6050-6099. Retrieved June 2, 2016 .